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pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> and then there's the story of the lion who was living a lie. a chinese zoo is under fire for trying to disguise a dog for a lion. really? visitors thought something was strange when the beast inside the lion's cage started to bark instead of roar. think that's a clue? the animal was actually a tibetan mastiff, a breed with a mane not unlike a lion's. but come on, really? in its defense, the zoo says it wasn't trying to deceive anyone. it was just making do while the lion was away for breeding. >>> when we come back, the young man who's following a dream thanks to a lot of people who never met him but were moved by his story. >>> finally tonight, a story of beating the odds. a young man from california who learned some tough lessons about life, now headed for a college education. his journey to get there was capped by a remarkable turn of events just in the last week. nbc's miguel almaguer has our report. >> reporter: like so many kids this time of the year, today 19-year-old james ward is saying his good-byes and heading off to college, howard
pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> and then there's the story of the lion who was living a lie. a chinese zoo is under fire for trying to disguise a dog for a lion. really? visitors thought something was strange when the beast inside the lion's cage started to bark instead of roar. think that's a clue? the animal was actually a tibetan mastiff, a breed with a mane not unlike a lion's. but come on, really? in its defense, the zoo says it wasn't trying to deceive anyone. it was...
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and if you ask michelle clark how she got to washington, d.c., she'll take you up on the roof. that, of course, being the best place to see the new solar panels. raising money for those panels on a crowd funding website is how michelle captured the attention of the white house. but, she says, her solar panels are just the tip of the iceberg. >> we're extremely flatter. but we're also feeling like we've maybe been invited to the wrong party. >> reporter: what michelle says yep is really good at is educating, training and getting jobs for young teenagers. y.e.p. takes kids off the streets of oakland and trains them with marketable skills to get them on a good path. in fact, they've done it about 30,000 times so far. and while michelle loves her nod of approval from the white house, she says she is most proud of building healthy teens, which she says can help build a healthy city. >>> ask any new mom or dad about the stresses that come with the first year of baby's life and get ready for a long conversation. but for some, the stresses of parenthood start with simply feeding and cl
and if you ask michelle clark how she got to washington, d.c., she'll take you up on the roof. that, of course, being the best place to see the new solar panels. raising money for those panels on a crowd funding website is how michelle captured the attention of the white house. but, she says, her solar panels are just the tip of the iceberg. >> we're extremely flatter. but we're also feeling like we've maybe been invited to the wrong party. >> reporter: what michelle says yep is...
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we're live on the syrian border and in washington. >>> going up. a dramatic spike in gas prices over the last 48 hours. the largest jump of the summer, just as millions of drivers get ready for the big holiday weekend. >>> and two lost kittens bring an entire new york city subway line to a standstill. the rescue mission that kept commuters on hold, friday, august 30th, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm tamron hall along side al roker and willie geist. savannah has the morning off. a big concert as well. >> big crowd on the plaza. we'll get to that in our 8:30 half hour. chris brown out there. we look forward to that. but we have a lot to get to this morning. we want to start with the breaking news in syria. richard engle is joining us now from turkey near the syrian border. richard, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, matt. undeterred by threats of u.s
we're live on the syrian border and in washington. >>> going up. a dramatic spike in gas prices over the last 48 hours. the largest jump of the summer, just as millions of drivers get ready for the big holiday weekend. >>> and two lost kittens bring an entire new york city subway line to a standstill. the rescue mission that kept commuters on hold, friday, august 30th, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live...
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from seattle, washington, it's the sullivan family. heh! and from carteret, new jersey, it's the fraser family. who wants to get it? let's go. give me leticia, give me jim. ["family feud" theme plays] here we go, guys. top 8 answers are on the board. we asked 100 men, name something you might reach for when your mate starts pushing your buttons. jim? >> the remote. steve: the remote. >> ha ha! steve: pass or play? >> play. steve: they're gonna play. let's go, jim. hey, randy. what do you do, sir? >> i sell shoes at nordstrom's. steve: women's shoes? >> both. men's and women's. steve: boy, did you hear the breath that those women took out? "i sell shoes at nordstrom." they went--[gasps]. "my dream man!" how long you been doing that? >> about two years. steve: what's your favorite women's shoe? >> any heel 'cause i think any girl looks good in heels. steve: any heel. >> oh, yeah. steve: randy. yeah-heh! that's why you're selling them shoes. hey, randy, let's go. we talked to a hundred men. name something you might reach for when your mate sta
from seattle, washington, it's the sullivan family. heh! and from carteret, new jersey, it's the fraser family. who wants to get it? let's go. give me leticia, give me jim. ["family feud" theme plays] here we go, guys. top 8 answers are on the board. we asked 100 men, name something you might reach for when your mate starts pushing your buttons. jim? >> the remote. steve: the remote. >> ha ha! steve: pass or play? >> play. steve: they're gonna play. let's go, jim....
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trending on "the washington post" this morning, was a presidential putdown? as we know, president obama roused the crowd with his speech on the 50th anniversary but there was one line in particular that everyone wondered about. >> martin luther king did not live and die to hear his heirs talking about political gridlock. >> some people asking was clinton putting down president obama who has consistently blamed congress for the political gridlock gripping washington. in an interview yesterday, now, i don't know about this, it does seem why you can see why some people thought it was a putdown. on the other hand, presidents all the time complain about congress. >> the washington political poster. but president clinton does like to remind you from time to time. >> can we say, though, president clinton -- well, take a look. he talked about this issue before. >> let's make decisions this institutionalized delay for gridlock is bad for americans. >> he was talking about himself whining about gridlock. >> including himself. >> exactly. >> both sides have complained t
trending on "the washington post" this morning, was a presidential putdown? as we know, president obama roused the crowd with his speech on the 50th anniversary but there was one line in particular that everyone wondered about. >> martin luther king did not live and die to hear his heirs talking about political gridlock. >> some people asking was clinton putting down president obama who has consistently blamed congress for the political gridlock gripping washington. in an...
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as you look at the mountain, the order was jefferson, washington, and lincoln. believe it or not, jefferson was on the other side of washington for 18 months. after 18 months of work, they just got done doing his nose, they're working on his mouth, and they ran into some bad rock. they couldn't carve it. there was only one thing to do. borglum had his men go up there, drill behind jefferson, pack it full of dynamite, and they blew jefferson right off the mountain. now, the order changed. they moved jefferson where he is today, that moved lincoln down further where he is, and now they had room to add theodore roosevelt. >> how much further? >> oh, not too far. got to go up the stairs, and we're gonna be there. >> how'd the workers get up here? >> well, believe it or not, it was a climb of over 760 stairs every morning from down by the studio, walk right up this way. and then in 1936, the upgraded train-car system would carry five people. so you got a free ride up in the morning, walked down at night. are you ready? >> all right, let's go. >> okay. >> on the way u
as you look at the mountain, the order was jefferson, washington, and lincoln. believe it or not, jefferson was on the other side of washington for 18 months. after 18 months of work, they just got done doing his nose, they're working on his mouth, and they ran into some bad rock. they couldn't carve it. there was only one thing to do. borglum had his men go up there, drill behind jefferson, pack it full of dynamite, and they blew jefferson right off the mountain. now, the order changed. they...
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king's march on washington. al is in washington. he'll be talking to dr. king's son in just a couple of moments. >>> news out of hollywood. michael douglas and catherine zeta-jones reportedly calling it quits for the moment. taking a break from the marriage. we'll hear more about that coming up. >>> guess what on trending. new words adding to the dictionary. one takes us back to the vma performance from miley cyrus as the groan goes out in the crowd. >> any guesses the word? >> no idea. >> somebody said bad taste. >> notoriety. anyway, first a check of the top stories. tamron, good morning. >> hello and good morning. the u.s. and its allies appear to be on the verge of military action in syria despite new pl he as by the head of the united nations to give diplomacy a chance. richard engel joins us from antakya, turkey. richard, good morning. >> good morning, tamron. they have visited the sites outside damascus where they are convinced the regime of al assad used chemical weapons. the u.n. is asking for more time to complete its work. but the u.s. and sever
king's march on washington. al is in washington. he'll be talking to dr. king's son in just a couple of moments. >>> news out of hollywood. michael douglas and catherine zeta-jones reportedly calling it quits for the moment. taking a break from the marriage. we'll hear more about that coming up. >>> guess what on trending. new words adding to the dictionary. one takes us back to the vma performance from miley cyrus as the groan goes out in the crowd. >> any guesses the...
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>> "the washington post" calculate as best they could. it's difficult because we don't have historical information, either, like we didn't have this in the present day. this makes u.s. spending on intelligence now higher than it was even at the height of the cold war by, you know, $10 billion or so in current. >> really adds up when you put it together. thank you is much, amon. >>> we know the price tag for higher education is costly, but now some alumni are helping current students make college pay off and we'll show you how. >>> first, a look how the international markets closed today . >>> apple has a brand-new way to get you excited about the newest iphone being unveiled in less than two weeks. starting today, apple stores will allow current iphone owners to trade in the older working models in exchange for a credit you can use towards the purchase of a brand-new phone. >>> tonight we begin market focus with general electric, which issues store credit cards to more than 55 million americans as it focuses on core industrial operations.
>> "the washington post" calculate as best they could. it's difficult because we don't have historical information, either, like we didn't have this in the present day. this makes u.s. spending on intelligence now higher than it was even at the height of the cold war by, you know, $10 billion or so in current. >> really adds up when you put it together. thank you is much, amon. >>> we know the price tag for higher education is costly, but now some alumni are...
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we're here in mount washington. i want to take a look at the five-day forecast and i'm going to show you why this is blessed relief. it looks like we're going to see good weather with temperatures below normal in the upper 70s and tomorrow the low 80s as we move through the weekend. we're sitting here looking at what is a near relative of the weed cudzu. look at the air, not even moving. the smell around this nature is so thick because that air's not moving because it's so humid. it is just almost like living out a national geographic episode. by tomorrow i'm going to guess a breeze in here, we'll lose the humidity and folks will go back to good hair days. >> thank you very much. and don't miss the cbs prime time lineup and wjz this evening. at 10:00 person of interest to be followed by eyewitness news at 11. >> and a million dollar mixup has a casino paying up twice. kevin lewis was named a winner in a $1 million give away at the horseshoe casino in cincinnati. probably is he's the wrong kevin lewis. another man wi
we're here in mount washington. i want to take a look at the five-day forecast and i'm going to show you why this is blessed relief. it looks like we're going to see good weather with temperatures below normal in the upper 70s and tomorrow the low 80s as we move through the weekend. we're sitting here looking at what is a near relative of the weed cudzu. look at the air, not even moving. the smell around this nature is so thick because that air's not moving because it's so humid. it is just...
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crowley, a professor at george washington university, and a former assistance secretary of state. from portland oregon is moo mike young, director of the mideast programs for the international rescue committee. thank you for joining me tonight. guys p.j. i want to start with you, are you surprised the u.s. has so few friends on this issue? is it wise for the u.s. to go it alone, if the president decides to attack. >> i this i that in any military operation the united states will all the have the preponderance of military power. so we have the capability to do wayneeds to be done. to redeem the red line if you will. is it wise to go it alone. >> well, that remains to be seen. obviously any time you want to have a coalition, and have it be as wide as possible. it provides legitimatesy to what you are trying to do. i do think that the more critical voices will be in the middle east. countries like turkey, that are demanding some kind of response to what has happened. ten there's different levels of support. i don't think it is a military challenge, but obviously this raises the polit
crowley, a professor at george washington university, and a former assistance secretary of state. from portland oregon is moo mike young, director of the mideast programs for the international rescue committee. thank you for joining me tonight. guys p.j. i want to start with you, are you surprised the u.s. has so few friends on this issue? is it wise for the u.s. to go it alone, if the president decides to attack. >> i this i that in any military operation the united states will all the...
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and which do you think is is more self-centered hollywood or washington because it's been said that washington is just hollywood for unattractive people. which do you think is more of an ooky society to be in? >> i get to live in both worlds so i really get the best of the ickiness. >> stephen: how would you compare, well, the selfishness, that is inherent in in hollywood and the selfishness that unfortunately is endemic in washington? >> here's the great thing. i moved to london ten years ago so i wouldn't have to in the selfishness of hollywood. and we shoot in baltimore so we're not really in d.c. so i kind of managed to avoid it all. >> stephen: did you ever run into those guys from "the wire"? have you heard of those guys from the wire? >> and they were canceled. look, it's been fascinating watching how people in washington -- because i've met a number of the actual people who do this job, kevin mccarthy who is the majority whip and steny hoyer who is the minority whip. >> stephen: are you modeled on anyone. >> not really. when this character was written it was based on richard iii. >> st
and which do you think is is more self-centered hollywood or washington because it's been said that washington is just hollywood for unattractive people. which do you think is more of an ooky society to be in? >> i get to live in both worlds so i really get the best of the ickiness. >> stephen: how would you compare, well, the selfishness, that is inherent in in hollywood and the selfishness that unfortunately is endemic in washington? >> here's the great thing. i moved to...
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that's prompting new amber alerts in washington, oregon, and nevada. the plastic cups decorating this high school fence spell out a message that's become her friends' mission. pray for hannah. >> we have a hope that she's okay. 16-year-old hannah was kidnapped and they want to find james dimaggio a close family friend. >> dimaggio, we believe has killed two people, burned a house down, killed a dog. >> friends say hannah confided in them claiming dimaggio made her uncomfortable. >> telling her how pretty and beautiful she was and that he had a crush on her but he would only date her if she was his age. >> hannah and her 8-year-old brother ethan have been missing since their mother's body was discovered sunday inside dimaggio's burned-out home east of san diego. they fear another body is ethan's but the remains have not been identified. at a vigil, the father pleaded for a safe return. >> this gentleman that was a friend of ours for a long time -- has taken everything. >> on monday, investigators issued a statewide amber alert for a nissan versa. for th
that's prompting new amber alerts in washington, oregon, and nevada. the plastic cups decorating this high school fence spell out a message that's become her friends' mission. pray for hannah. >> we have a hope that she's okay. 16-year-old hannah was kidnapped and they want to find james dimaggio a close family friend. >> dimaggio, we believe has killed two people, burned a house down, killed a dog. >> friends say hannah confided in them claiming dimaggio made her...
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. >> i am blowing the whistle on the corruption in washington. >> announcer: we investigate his claims that the government's keeping cash that belongs to you. >> now he says he can show you how to get your share of the tens of billions of dollars of free money. >> announcer: and why he says "they" don't want you to know about it. >> people who get the money are the friends and relatives of the politicians in office. >> announcer: plus... >> woman: we go inside the shipping center and uncover a copy of trudeau's latest best-seller. what outrageous claim is he making this time? >> i put $10,000 cash in the bank in 24 hours, right out of the book. >> announcer: and we confront some of the people trudeau claims made free money independently and are featured in his book. >> so how much free money were you actually able to get? >> over $2 million. >> they gave me a $20,000 check. >> announcer: to see if they really did make a fortune. >> over a million dollars. >> announcer: but are they telling the truth? >> do you have any documentation? >> um... [♪...] >> announcer: also... >> $2500. >>
. >> i am blowing the whistle on the corruption in washington. >> announcer: we investigate his claims that the government's keeping cash that belongs to you. >> now he says he can show you how to get your share of the tens of billions of dollars of free money. >> announcer: and why he says "they" don't want you to know about it. >> people who get the money are the friends and relatives of the politicians in office. >> announcer: plus... >>...
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i've spent time in washington. i know it's wise to keep my mouth shut at this time. >> pelley:. >> schieffer: all right, well thank you so much commissioner. we'll be back with some personal thoughts in just a moment. out there owning it. the ones getting involved and staying engaged. they're not afraid to question the path they're on. because the one question they never want to ask is "how did i end up here?" i started schwab for those people. people who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. help the gulf when we made recover and learn the gulf, bp from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never been stro
i've spent time in washington. i know it's wise to keep my mouth shut at this time. >> pelley:. >> schieffer: all right, well thank you so much commissioner. we'll be back with some personal thoughts in just a moment. out there owning it. the ones getting involved and staying engaged. they're not afraid to question the path they're on. because the one question they never want to ask is "how did i end up here?" i started schwab for those people. people who want to take...
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he plays a scheming politician named frank underwood as he navigates his way through washington. he is nominated for an emmy for best lead actor for his performance. i'm pleased to have him back at this table. welcome back, sir. >> thank you. glad to be here. >> rose: i want to talk about two things. one, the phenomenon of that, and netflix, and then the actual series itself. how did you get involved? what is your role? >> i'm both the leading actor and an executive producer. and it really began when david fincher got wind, wile we were shooting social network, not shabby as a director at all, while we were shooting social network which you know i produced. david got wind that the rights to this original bbc series house of cards were available. and mrc had them. and so we began a discussion david and i about did we want to work together again as ago are and director. we hadn't worked together since we did seven. and we both wanted to very much. and so the idea of this series came. we both went off and watched it again. because hi remembered watching it. my mother used to love th
he plays a scheming politician named frank underwood as he navigates his way through washington. he is nominated for an emmy for best lead actor for his performance. i'm pleased to have him back at this table. welcome back, sir. >> thank you. glad to be here. >> rose: i want to talk about two things. one, the phenomenon of that, and netflix, and then the actual series itself. how did you get involved? what is your role? >> i'm both the leading actor and an executive producer....
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and student at the university of washington. she had a book come out called waiting to be heard but this new trial starts september 30th and her lawyers said she is not going to go back for the trial. not surprising but she generates a lot of search interest a lot of the time even though this took place in 2007. >> she was there for four years prior to being acquitted. >> yeah and even then we have seen interest around her. >> quite a mixed bag of stuff there. >> thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> the health check up that can help your kids do better in school. >> what you need to know before they head to the classroom, right after this. "jamies" out there,...ts of h? but that doesn't mean we're all the same. just like greek yogurts. that's why i prefer activia greek. you got that right jamie, there's nothing like it! exactly, because activia greek is the only greek with exclusive probiotic bifidus regularis, and it helps regulate your digestive system. love its thick creamy texture! mmm! the greek nonfat yogurt that helps tu
and student at the university of washington. she had a book come out called waiting to be heard but this new trial starts september 30th and her lawyers said she is not going to go back for the trial. not surprising but she generates a lot of search interest a lot of the time even though this took place in 2007. >> she was there for four years prior to being acquitted. >> yeah and even then we have seen interest around her. >> quite a mixed bag of stuff there. >> thank...
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carter to washington and became head of the office of management and budget has died. lance was forced to resign under a cloud of scandal. he was later cleared of wrong dog. president carter in a statement called lance a dedicated public servant and close friend. bert lance was 82. >>> the truth is out, and tonight it's a victory for all those conspiracy theorists who thought they knew what's been going on at a sprawling plot of land in the nevada desert known as area 51. nbc's pete williams has details of a secret that's inspired a lot of speculation. >> reporter: the movies have been on to it for decades, something weird in the nevada desert. >> take my word for it. there's no area 51. >> that's not entirely accurate. >> reporter: 8,000 square miles an hour and a half drive north of las vegas, one so secret that people who work there, like radar and missile expert thornton barnes, could not tell their own wives. >> she had no idea where we were and thought we was in another country. >> reporter: the movies were right about one thing. it was a super secret government
carter to washington and became head of the office of management and budget has died. lance was forced to resign under a cloud of scandal. he was later cleared of wrong dog. president carter in a statement called lance a dedicated public servant and close friend. bert lance was 82. >>> the truth is out, and tonight it's a victory for all those conspiracy theorists who thought they knew what's been going on at a sprawling plot of land in the nevada desert known as area 51. nbc's pete...
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no such thing as agent fifteen leaked emails as america is trying to plant a chemical weapon which washington says would justify invasion we've got a new offer it's about syria again qatar is proposing the track to field where the idea is approved by washington will have to deliver a chemical weapon to homs similar to those that assad should have proposed are enormous talk to kevin barrett the same lawyers from iraq chemicals that don't see exist they're not even troy you americans have a terrible time even trying to imagine that their leaders could ever act you know less than morally upright way and for the. reason americans have been repeatedly victimized by leaders who have done all sorts of terrible things to america and american democracy as well as to other countries trick to window resists iran is suing all go direct to ben affleck it was to show cia documents ordering this flick to prepare america to halt the mines to bomb iran. i'm going to. thank. you know iranians the portrayed like zombies from the one of the dead here who could the cia really control holywood yes of course this m
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susan page is washington bureau chief for "usa today." michael crowley is a senior drnt for "time" magazine. michael, i love this stuff. i think "hardball" watchers love this stuff. others might be thinking, oh, it's just too soon. what is the importance of the early jockeying? >> well, you know, on some level it's not that important. a lot of the people who get early attention and applause at these things don't end up going anywhere. we'll recall how michele bachmann won the straw poll last time around. but there are these invisible primaries under way. particularly i think the most interesting one right now is the jockeying to be. there is clearly going to be, you know, a modern establishment candidate, a romneyesque candidate. it might be someone like chris christie. and there are a lot of people who want to fill the role of the more tea party libertarian hard-core take no prisoners conservative candidate. so i think what is happening right now to a large degree within the party is jockeying, you know, for instance including cruz and r
susan page is washington bureau chief for "usa today." michael crowley is a senior drnt for "time" magazine. michael, i love this stuff. i think "hardball" watchers love this stuff. others might be thinking, oh, it's just too soon. what is the importance of the early jockeying? >> well, you know, on some level it's not that important. a lot of the people who get early attention and applause at these things don't end up going anywhere. we'll recall how michele...
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this is the spirit squad member, kevin from washington state university. you saw there, he took a backwards shot while doing a back flip. he sank it all the way from the three-point line at the other end of the court. i wonder how many tries that took to get that picture perfect. 8:07. back across the way to matt and savannah >> it was only one try. first try. all right. let's get a check of the weather. mr. roker. >> thanks, guys. close out here. your 30th anniversary. first time in new york city. congratulations. >> a great time. >> good. we're glad. let's roll the video and show you what's going on. we don't have video to roll. wilmington, wect nbc wilmington, nbc 6. scattered showers and storms. temperature of 88 degrees. you can see we're looking at some heat in texas on into the mid-mississippi river valley. 90s in interior sections of the southwest. some showers making their way from northeast new england on into the ohio valley. monsoonal moisture into the >>> 8:08 only a thursday morning. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. temperatur
this is the spirit squad member, kevin from washington state university. you saw there, he took a backwards shot while doing a back flip. he sank it all the way from the three-point line at the other end of the court. i wonder how many tries that took to get that picture perfect. 8:07. back across the way to matt and savannah >> it was only one try. first try. all right. let's get a check of the weather. mr. roker. >> thanks, guys. close out here. your 30th anniversary. first time...
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exactly correct and i mean unfortunately there's many people in washington here who are willing to say we don't care if you've committed a crime we don't care if you've done anything right or wrong we're going to hold you in guantanamo bay for the rest of your natural life because it's good for me politically i can go home and tell my constituents that i'm tough on the emotion of terror in the war continues and i'm going to keep those men in guantanamo bay no matter whether they did anything or not so let's that's an outrageous so why isn't about me using this national security waiver as the afraid to set a president who will briefly. well we hope that it is something for the future and we hope that the president is starting to find his leadership role in guantanamo bay like you said guantanamo bay is amazingly underwhelming and really efficient i mean there is nothing less efficient than guantanamo bay housing innocent men in an offshore prison colony ok thanks ever so much barry that so u.s. military attorney barry will go there representing of course as we know at length been talkin
exactly correct and i mean unfortunately there's many people in washington here who are willing to say we don't care if you've committed a crime we don't care if you've done anything right or wrong we're going to hold you in guantanamo bay for the rest of your natural life because it's good for me politically i can go home and tell my constituents that i'm tough on the emotion of terror in the war continues and i'm going to keep those men in guantanamo bay no matter whether they did anything or...
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headquarters in washington. host: our guest with us until 9:00 to talk about the whitey bulger case and what happened to the jury now in the decision-making phase. if you have questions for him, ---- what call, 202-58 has been the approach of the prosecution and the defense? guest: the prosecution has been matter of fact about this. it has laid out what amounts to a mountain of evidence. this prile trial has been going on for over 20 two months, and the prosecution has spent three-quarters of the time. the defense is much shorter. the defense went for a week. the prosecution just ran it out, murder after murder, victim after victim. there was a steady parade of killers, thugs, and drug thank dealers, all of whom who had cut deals with the cost to testify against whitey bulger. that becomes the defense claim. the defense says you can't trust anything of these guys. the defense says they are all killers, thugs, and drug dealers, and you can't believe anything they say. so in closing arguments the other day, i thin
headquarters in washington. host: our guest with us until 9:00 to talk about the whitey bulger case and what happened to the jury now in the decision-making phase. if you have questions for him, ---- what call, 202-58 has been the approach of the prosecution and the defense? guest: the prosecution has been matter of fact about this. it has laid out what amounts to a mountain of evidence. this prile trial has been going on for over 20 two months, and the prosecution has spent three-quarters of...
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john met his wife nancy in nbc's washington bureau in 1979 where she worked for nightly news. they raised three daughters, molly a producer here at "today," carter that works in the entertainment industry and hope, a budding journalist at the nbc washington bureau. he never missed an opportunity to boast about his beautiful daughters. >> she was born on december 10th and now she is proudly with the "today" show. >> john's legacy lives on in his family and ours. >>> bryant gumbel and jane pauley are with us. >> how are you. >> great. seven years were were a team with john gumbel. >> we were a family with john. >> you hit it right on the button. john was a gentleman with a capital g. you always knew what you were getting. john was the adult of our family, you know? jane was the kid sister, i was the troublesome brother and we had two uncles and then there was john. john was the adult of the group. >> i got the news from a test from tom just telling me the news and he finished it with such a sweet man and it struck me. i thought about that all day with such respect for his profes
john met his wife nancy in nbc's washington bureau in 1979 where she worked for nightly news. they raised three daughters, molly a producer here at "today," carter that works in the entertainment industry and hope, a budding journalist at the nbc washington bureau. he never missed an opportunity to boast about his beautiful daughters. >> she was born on december 10th and now she is proudly with the "today" show. >> john's legacy lives on in his family and ours....
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good night from washington. tig. >> laura: the o'reilly factor is on tonight. >> al qaeda is on the run and bin laden is dead. >> laura: just months after president declird al qaeda's demise now has america on the defense. how serious is the latest threat? we'll have the inside story. >> we're not broke. there is plenty of money. it's just the government doesn't have it. >> farongressman keith ellison wants the rich to fork over their wealth whether they want to or not. we have a debate there is a rising libertarian stream that chris christie thinks that is a dangerous thought. a number of people may think mr. christie
good night from washington. tig. >> laura: the o'reilly factor is on tonight. >> al qaeda is on the run and bin laden is dead. >> laura: just months after president declird al qaeda's demise now has america on the defense. how serious is the latest threat? we'll have the inside story. >> we're not broke. there is plenty of money. it's just the government doesn't have it. >> farongressman keith ellison wants the rich to fork over their wealth whether they want to or...
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and notated moscow lashes out at washington for not wanting to build relations on an equal footing after president obama's decision to cancel the summit with. over again even from moscow if you just joined this kevin over here at r.t. this with us could have a company because in syria calling out for international help to prevent a genocide against the people it follows reports of mass murders in abductions of civilians by rebel forces. reports tonight. the kurdish democratic union has officially turned to the international community asking them to pay close attention and to rescue them from the fighting that is happening in this region and essentially asking the likes of the un to save kurds who are being among the syrians who are killed on the basis of their regional and secretary and identity among them they're saying a lot of women children and the elderly in this statement because they're saying that these practices are fully alike with ethnic cleansing and genocide and of course they're accusing the cell a few groups in the groups such as the a loser front operating in this region
and notated moscow lashes out at washington for not wanting to build relations on an equal footing after president obama's decision to cancel the summit with. over again even from moscow if you just joined this kevin over here at r.t. this with us could have a company because in syria calling out for international help to prevent a genocide against the people it follows reports of mass murders in abductions of civilians by rebel forces. reports tonight. the kurdish democratic union has...
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we both clevdle delivered the "washington post" for a while. >> we did. >> when i was much old ear younger. i am much older now. you have a birthday coming up. >> so do you. >> no, i don't. >> yes, you do. yours is bigger than mine. this will put you in the best mood. >> oh, no! >> let me tell you why, before we roll this. this ihoda has a broadway theme. if "fiddler on the roof" >> which i love. >> if it had been about a woman and gwen stefani had been the singer, this would be the song. >> those are two things that never would have happened. >> get ready. ♪ you'll feel a little fiddler in a minute. >> so far i love the lyrics. ♪ >> i like to get you warmed up. >> i'm continuing to love the same lyric. >> they are easy to learn. ready? here we go. ♪ if i were a rich girl na, na, na, na, na ♪ ♪ i have all the money in the world if i was a wealthy girl ♪ ♪ ♪ what ♪ what ♪ >> he's turning over in his grave. >> that was gwen stefani. how was that song? >> awful. i hate it with all my broadway heart. >> come on. a little? a teeny bit? >> no, i love the na, na, na thing. whe
we both clevdle delivered the "washington post" for a while. >> we did. >> when i was much old ear younger. i am much older now. you have a birthday coming up. >> so do you. >> no, i don't. >> yes, you do. yours is bigger than mine. this will put you in the best mood. >> oh, no! >> let me tell you why, before we roll this. this ihoda has a broadway theme. if "fiddler on the roof" >> which i love. >> if it had been about a...
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imagine getting from new york to washington d.c. in 30 minutes. one inventor says it happens. he says the hyperloop will revolution ni revolutionize the way we travel. passengers will travel up to 700 miles per hour. he invicinitied the break through tesla battery car. he doesn't have time to build the hyperloop but he hopes that someone else will carry out his vision. >> and the mistake you would have to see to believe. classes set to resume in bakersfield california in just a few days and yes, a savvy road crew, this is what they painted right outside. students and teachers are greeted with that. clearly the c painted backwards there. it got lots of attention on social media. afterwards the workers were back out there fixing the problem and getting it right. i don't know, you think they did that for real. >> it was supposed to be skool. >> i can't believe they did that. >> coming up, need a little motivation to get to the gym? >> we have a panel of life coaches who have some advice for that and so much more. >> all coming up. but first, your local news and weather. jamie to
imagine getting from new york to washington d.c. in 30 minutes. one inventor says it happens. he says the hyperloop will revolution ni revolutionize the way we travel. passengers will travel up to 700 miles per hour. he invicinitied the break through tesla battery car. he doesn't have time to build the hyperloop but he hopes that someone else will carry out his vision. >> and the mistake you would have to see to believe. classes set to resume in bakersfield california in just a few days...
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leaker edward snowden moscow says washington is still unwilling to build relations on an equal basis we look at that story in detail this half hour also ahead. the united nations tells r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred in by rebels in syria this is al qaeda linked groups the push to create a breakaway islamic state. and the japanese government is forced to step in now to try to help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant contain the recently revealed massive leak of radioactive water. for a good evening from moscow it's one minute past eleven here in our top story from aarti international with me kevin now in the u.s. president barack obama's canceled a one to one with his russian counterpart vladimir putin that was should yield for next month the decision prompted by moscow giving temporary refuge to the whistleblower edward snowden was met with disappointment in the kremlin fears artie's going to she can with the details from washington and from moscow side of it hugo piskun off. washington has been thinking for a while on how to
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raises the prospect of washington losing support for potential strikes. critics pointed to america's own toxic paused from our agent orange in riyadh mamadou cia supporter for saddam's chemical aggression coming up we'll report on the contras saying faces of u.s. foreign policy. and a victim of child abuse in a linda speaks out as sex offenders are taken off please watch list aimed at safeguarding communities from predators. live from moscow you're watching artsy with me to by monday it's good to have you with us this morning. the u.s. president has set a potential bombing campaign against syria would be really aimed at sending a shot across the bow to chair the use of chemical weapons barack obama however has yet to decide whether to give the go ahead to the american forces that have conversion around the syrian coastline any military action may be without approval from the u.n. secretary security council with russia and china voicing their firm opposition parties then as you can explains why. the main question is will president obama order an attack on
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nbc's peter alexander is in the washington newsroom this morning with more on that. good morning. >> good morning to you. the iowa caucass are 28 months away. they're so far off they haven't set a date yet but the next round of presidential wannabes are not wasting anytime. they're converging on the states that will cast the first vote in 2016. >> it's great to be back in iowa. >> get back to the constitution. >> this country has to be brought back from the edge. >> as a famous iowan once said, if you build it he will come. >> if you build it, he will come. >> that applies to politics too. drawing some of the republican parties heavy hitters. all potential 2016 hopefuls. like rick santorum that won the iowa caucuses just last year. >> i have a lot of faith for the andidate on either side has declared that they're running. they're dropping plenty of hints. that include vice president joe biden. savannah, aides confirm that he will be the keynote speaker at an annual steak fry in iowa next month. >> get used to iowa, peter. thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> here
nbc's peter alexander is in the washington newsroom this morning with more on that. good morning. >> good morning to you. the iowa caucass are 28 months away. they're so far off they haven't set a date yet but the next round of presidential wannabes are not wasting anytime. they're converging on the states that will cast the first vote in 2016. >> it's great to be back in iowa. >> get back to the constitution. >> this country has to be brought back from the edge....
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ends up at alcatraz, and the house speaker, he gets the head, the directer of the bureau of prisons in washington to fly to san fransisco, take him out of alcatraz, pay a visit to whitey bulger, and how are they treating you? how you doing, jimmy? how many -- bank robbers got visits from the bureau head of the prison. from an early age, he sees how political connections pay off. >> when he got out, he became his brother's -- his brother was his protecter in the can, and when he was out, he got very involved. anybody perceivedded as a political foe of the brother's, including the newspaper we worked for, was an enemy, and whitey went after them. there was a guy named allen who was a state senator who got up and had this courage to suggest that billy controlled all the legitimate interests in south boston, and his brother, the gangster, controlled the illegitimate interests. he was in the midst of the mental breakdown when he said it, but no truer words have been spoken on the floor. kevin, who cooperated for the book, he called him, and anonymously, saying, i'm going to kill you. i'm going to kill
ends up at alcatraz, and the house speaker, he gets the head, the directer of the bureau of prisons in washington to fly to san fransisco, take him out of alcatraz, pay a visit to whitey bulger, and how are they treating you? how you doing, jimmy? how many -- bank robbers got visits from the bureau head of the prison. from an early age, he sees how political connections pay off. >> when he got out, he became his brother's -- his brother was his protecter in the can, and when he was out,...
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well i'll tell marvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture on tuesday morning miami police officers tasered and killed an eighteen year old for spray painting an abandoned mcdonald's yet another example of senseless and unnecessary police brutality so what will it take to put an end to police violence in this country that are more into night's big picture rumble and the story of jesus is deeply ingrained in our cultural memory but how much do we really know about the life and times of the man whose followers call him the messiah i'll ask dr raise oslo in tonight's conversations with great bods. it's friday you ready to rumble joining me for that ides big picture rumble are jesse jane duff retired u.s. marine corps gunnery sergeant and member of the organizing committee of concerned veterans for america story and union organizer and author and poet and kevin callie political commentator thank you all for joining us tonight. so take a look at this headline we cannot build a strong equitable
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to washington d.c. he says a response from the e.u. is vital now to avoid the violence spilling over even further. are some voices within the international community who are raising the alarm about what's going on there they are trying to get the united nations security council to take a stand i think that would be significant and i think it's important to have an investigation to find out really what has happened and then also stop close any kind of ethnic tax or my surprise there is especially as a situation could be easily deteriorate you could see kurdish out up fighting also in this area and you could see this conflict spilling into the other side and turkey kurdish turks might start pouring also across the border throughout their compatriots staying with syria while the bomber ministration remains undecided on whether or not send weapons to the rebels the cia's second in command has warned that the spread of extremism in the country is posing an even greater threat to u.s. national security deputy
to washington d.c. he says a response from the e.u. is vital now to avoid the violence spilling over even further. are some voices within the international community who are raising the alarm about what's going on there they are trying to get the united nations security council to take a stand i think that would be significant and i think it's important to have an investigation to find out really what has happened and then also stop close any kind of ethnic tax or my surprise there is...